What I Never Told You

Chapter 7: What About Here?

I don't bother looking up to see who is standing in front of me, "Hayden."

I grab another paper and look at it, "Huh?"

"Put them down and let's go."

I look up at David, "Where are we going?"

"Somewhere for your birthday."

"I said-"

"Yeah, we know. We just aren't going to listen to you and do it anyway," David crosses his arms and I stare at him.

"We don't have time for it," I look back at the papers in my hands and try to figure out where would be the best place to look first.

"Maybe we can scout out some places and figure out where to look first," Clara says as she comes over to stand next to David.

"Yeah... Sure."

They seem at a loss of what to say until Jem comes over, "I know a place we can go to and get some information from."

I look up at him, "Called Sweets and it's too early to go there."

"By the time we would all get there it will be late enough."

I look up at them, "It has only been like fine minutes since you all got up."

Macy laughs, "Look at the time."

I look at my watch and frown, "It's already five?"

"Told you she was in her own world," Liam says as he goes over to the door.

Cyril holds out a hand to Josh and he sighs giving him money, "I should have known I would have lost."

Cyril just chuckles, "I know her better than you do. I don't know what makes you think you know her better than I do."

I gather the papers and put them in the safe before looking at them, "Let's go," I sigh.

We walk out and end up going there in the groups we got here in. When we get to Sweets I frown, not wanting to be here. I get off and walk behind the rest of the group. Just as I start to think about sneaking off Clara grabs my wrist and drags me inside. We only stop when we get to the bar and before I can say anything she gets us a drink.

She hands it to me, "Just drink it."

I watch her down it in a matter of seconds and I set mine down. She looks at me and I sigh, picking mine back up and drinking it. I put it down and she smiles at me before turning back to the bartender. I quickly get up and walk over to an empty booth in the corner. When Cyril comes over he sits next to me. I watch the others get their drinks and find their places.

When Cyril pulls out a map and spreads it on the table I look at him with a raised eyebrow, "We did say we would help find a starting point."

I smile at him, "How sweet."

We look at the map and knock out three places. I frown, that still leaves so many places that they could be. Even looking at the places where the job we had here included doesn't narrow it down much. I stare at the map and grab the cup Cyril brought me after a few. He didn't even ask if I wanted a club soda, he just brought me one with his. To be fair I normally don't drink.

"What about here?"

I look at the place he pointed at and think it over, "Maybe... We can look there if the first three places don't give us anything."

We end up stopping for the night and getting up to get the others. When we let them know we are ready to go we wait at the door for them. With my back to the door, so I can see everyone inside and Cyril facing me, I listen to him talk about how we might be looking for a few days.